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The Cantonese word sek jau - 石油 - sek6 jau4
(petroleum in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

sek6 jau4

English translations

petroleum

Chinese characters:

石油
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石油 (sek6 jau4) is composed of these characters: 石, 油
The traditional Chinese characters of sek6 jau4 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

stone  |  oil
石油 ( sek jau / sek6 jau4 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 395)

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